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Technology

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2. "Why Isn't There a Better Way to Text While Driving?" by Joel Johnson (Wired)
3. Digital Devices Deprive the Brain of Needed Downtime by Matt Richtel (NY TImes )
4. The Bright Side of Dog Poop by Jim Lindsay (Globe and Mail)

Sports

1. "For Love of the Game" by Rick Reilly (ESPN)
2. College Team Teaches a Lesson in Acceptance by Katie Thomas (NY Times)
3. West Jordan youth goes the extra mile for lifelong pal who has cerebral palsy by Amy Donaldson (Deseret News)

School

1. "A Rite of Hazing, Now Out in the Open" by Tina Kelley (NY Times)
2. "txting away ur eduation" by Patrick Welsh (USA Today)
3. Students, Welcome to College; Parents Go Home by Trip Gabriel (NY Times)
4. More families are deciding that school’s out – forever by Kate Hammer (Globe and Mail)

5. Forget what you know about good study habits by Benedict Carey (NY Times)

Success

1. "The Truth About Grit" by Jonah Lehrer (The Boston Globe)

Health

1. "Food for Thought" by Ann Landi (ARTnews)

Teen Issues

1. " Teen Drinking Lawsuit May Publicize Texas Host Law" by Dianne Jennings (Dallas News)

Miscellaneous

1. "Two Degrees of Separation" by Katherine Dalton (Front Porch Republic)
2. "The Bright Side of Wrong" byKathryn Schulz (The Boston Globe)
3. "One Day, Now Broken In Two" by Anna Quindlen (Newsweek)
4. "A Man, A Plan And A Sharpie: 'The Great Typo Hunt'" by Jeff Deck and Benjamin D. Herson (NPR)
5. "The Language of Fakebook" by Katie Roiphe (NY Times)

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"One School Girl's Protest of //Seventeen Magazine// — Now 75,000 Strong" by Julia Bluhm for Huffingtonpost.com (A Note from Kelly: As the school year comes to a close, this will be the last AoW of the year. Here's to the teachers who are committed to building our students' prior knowledge. You have to know stuff to read stuff.)
"Think Congress Is Sophomoric? A Study Says You're Right" by Lisa Mascaro for the Los Angeles Times
"Brain Ailments in Veterans Likened to Those in Athletes" by Gretchen Ertl for the New York Times
"D.I.Y. Biology, on the Wings of the Mockingjay" by James Gorman for the New York Times
"Five Myths About America's Decline" by Ian Bremmer for the Washington Post
"Study Sheds Light on How Birds Navigate by Magnetic Field" by James Gorman for the New York Times
"New Technology" The Week
"Digital Shadow: How Companies Track You Online" The Atlantic Online
"The Battle for the U.S. Senate" The Week
"The Trayvon Martin Killing" The Week and ABCnews.go.com
"10 Things You Need to Know Today: March 18, 2012" The Week
"Cracking Down on For-Profit Colleges" The Week
"Americans' Growing Dependency on Food Stamps" The Week
"Will Jeremy Lin's Success End Stereotypes?" by Timothy Yu for CNN.com
"Oscar Night: How Are the Winners Picked?" The Week
"NRC Approves First New Nuclear Plant in a Generation" by Ayesha Rascoe for Reuters.com
"The Kids Are More Than All Right" by Tara Parker-Pope for the New York Times
"Iran: The Showdown Over the Strait of Hormuz" The Week
"A Tough Homecoming for War Veterans" The Week
"The Fragile Teenage Brain" by Jonah Lehrer for Grantland.com
"Buff Your Brain" by Sharon Begley for Newsweek
"Al Qaeda on the Ropes: One Fighter's Inside Story" by Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau for Newsweek
"Last Convoy of American Troops Leaves Iraq, Marking an End to the War" New York Times
"Super PACs: All the Speech Money Can Buy" The Week (revised)
"Obsessed with Children" The Week
"NASA Launches Sophisticated Rover on Journey to Mars" by the Associated Press for the New York Times
"Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing" by Maia Szalavitz and posted on Time.com
"Five Myths About Healthy Eating" by Katherine Mangu-Ward for the Washington Post
"The 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement" as posted on Wikipedia.com
"Paralyzed Man Uses Mind-Powered Robot to Touch" by Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer
"Cleaning Up the Trash in Space" The Week
"Brown Signs California Dream Act" by Patrick McGreevy and Anthony York for the Los Angeles Times
"Chimpanzees Clear Some Doubt After Generosity Is Questioned" by Carl Zimmer for the New York Times
"Are Americans Smarter Than Ever?" The Week
"Five Myths About Earthquakes" by Susan Hough for the Washington Post
"Making Headway in the Movement to Protect the World's Sharks" by Elisabeth Rosenthal for the New York Times
"A Legacy of Illnesses from 9/11" by Linda Zamosky for the Los Angeles Times
My Plate Replaces the Food Pyramid from ChooseMyPlate.gov